Collapsible stove.



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2 SHEETS-SHEET UNITE STATE GUY W. FEBDOIN, 0F CRESSKILL, NEW JERSEY.

COLLAPSI'BLE STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1917.

Application filed October 19, 1916. Serial No. 126,573.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Guy W. Fsnoon, a citizen of the United States, residing at (Jresskill, county of Bergen, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Stoves; and I do hereby declare the follow ng to be a full, clear, and invention, such as will. enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

()ne object of my invention is to provide an oil stove of the usual blue flame kind, which can be shipped knockeddown, and set up in very few minutes by the most a wlrward tyro in the use of tools. The desirability of this feature is based upon several things. One is the exorbitant, ever increasing cost of wood, material'for packin nails, of labor for putting the crates together,'bulk in trucking and storing, and greatly added cost in freight charges. Another saving is in the delivery from the Inerchant' tothe ultimate consumer. My stove is supplied to the retailer packaged in knockdown condition. This packaging enables the retailer to store his. stock more compactly than the usual crated stoves can be stored, and also because the wvrappings are dustproof enables him to keep his stock in better condition than the crated stoves can be kept. The housekeeper, if she preserves the wrapper, can easily wrap up such a stove when moving becomes desirable and stow it safely against damage or loss in moving. It should of course be taken down before being pac 'ed. It is also thus protected fromdampness or rain in the act of moving.

I have devised a stove which may be knocked down, and packed into a spacenot nnich'larger. than an ordinary suit case or suit 1m, and which may be carried home under his arm, stood up on by apurchaser and in the street car, carried upon an automobile, or packed away under the seat of a launch, or upon the pack saddle of a prospectors burroQ It is also comparatively light inweight. Asa matter of fact the stove. of my invention, when folded and properly packed, takes up less than onethird of the cubic measure it has when set, up. i p A My knocked down stove may be sentby merns of the parcel 0st, and may be sent as merchandise by mail order houses,-etc

exact description of the V 4, with bracing or stiffening ribs 15,

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective front view of my stove, and a stand said stove may be mounted;

Fig. 2 is a View of the under side of the top plate of the stove;

Fig. 3 is a view of the folded stand or table; and; I

Fig. 4 is a view of the bottom pan of my stove.

In the drawings, 1 represents a top plate provided with the grates 2 secured thereto.

or table on which On the under side ofsaid plate are brackets 3, and to these brackets are hinged legs 4:, each end of these logs being bent into the shape shown, andbeing of band or heavier iron. They are rigidly held together by the flat bracing pieces 5 which connect them in pairs. The plate should be long enough and the dimensions of the legs such that when the legs are folded down on the plate, they will not lap over, although-this feature is not essential. Moreover for strengthening purposes, each said top plate, which is made of sheet-metal, is provided with a downwardly bent flange 6 crimped at the corners 7, which flange not only and each end of this flange is perforated as stiffens the plate, but in a measure serves to a pan 7 upon which I mount shown at 11. Theseperforations are adapt ed to register with perforations 12 in the legs above-mentioned, and bolts may be passed through these perforations so as to hold, the legs and'pan together'and'support,

the whole in a substantially rigid position. 1'

This rigidity is effected by drawing the bolts tight, although it maybe aided, if desired, by any suitable means not shown, extending from one pair of legs to the other,

holes being provided as indicated at 13 for I such purpose.

Thepans are strengthened at eache nd by i the cross'arms 14, provided as shown in Fig. which have a tendency to prevent the pan from sagging in the middle, and'serve also as additional feet. I chose the end of each leg to terminate in a projecting foot 16 as shown to hold the stove upon a table or other suitable support. As a proper support for the stove, I provide a bench or table 18, shown in Fig. 3. This consists of two bars 19, extending lengthwise, the length of the top plate substantially. Upon' these bars or straps 19, I hinge a pair of braced legs at. 20. These legs are of the form shown, and

are provided with a lower extending foot '21, upper extending foot 22, and braces 23 conneeting said legs in pairs.

As will be observed from an inspection of Fig. 3, these legs may befolded down so as to be nearly fiat, and form a compact flat piece. I provide a shelf 24, which shelf has on each side a curved lip 25. These lips pass over the bars 19 so as to pinch them and hold them witha considerable degree of rigidity when the legs are in the upright position.

T he holes in the feet 22 are made so as toregister with the holes in the feet 16, and

bolts may be passed through so as to join the two together. The stove will thus be held fixedly upon a rigid folding table, and collapse is impossible under ordinary conditions of use. Means not shown, may be made to join the legs 21, holes being provided in said legs as shown in Fig. 3 for the purpose.

These braces may consist of a sheet of metal adapted to act as a wind shield, if desired, so as to keep a draft from the burners if the stove is used out of doors.

I provide between the burners and grates the ordinary chimney, or combustion chamher usual in such stoves, and make it removable.

Vhen the stove is to be taken down, the bolts passing through the holes in feet 16 and 2-2 being removed, the store may be taken off of the bench orv table and folded. Then the pan 7 is removed and the upper legs folded against tne upper side of the top plate. Three substantially flat elementsare thus provided, namely, the upper plate with its legs folded down, the an carrying the burners, which are nearly I at, and the table or bench carrying the down-folded legs. There only remains to be packed the combustion chambers, which have been removed from the burners and the tank 25 and feeder 26, which have been serewed'upon the end of the oil pplying means. The latter has been secur l upon the end of the pipe 9, and its position is determined in the factory with respectto the level of the burners that the oil may feed evenly.

The tank 25 is provided with a brace or apron extending up toward the plate or some part of the folding legs, and is provided with holes registering wlth corresponding holes through which bolts may be passed and the whole braced in position. The tankand the 011 feeder may be removable, or the latter ma .be soldered to the pipe.

11 addition to the three flat elements just mentioned, the several combustion chambers and the oil supplying means are to be packed. The dimensions of these are such that they compare with the thickness of the three flat elements above referred to, when the latter are placed on each other or packed together and surrounded with corrugated board. Whencompleted a compact package is made, which is easily transported and easily set up, and which it is impossible to injure under the ordinary conditions of travel or use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a knock-down fluid fuel stove, in combination, a top plate, inwardly folding legs pivoted at their upper ends to said top plate, a bottom pan, a feeding pipe and burn ers attached to said pan, means whereby said pan may be removably secured to the lower ends of said legs so as to hold the top plate, the pan with its attachments and the legs rigid for use, a table provided with upwardly 'extendin legs, foldable down- Wardly upon said ta 1e, and means whereby said table legs may be removably secured to .the said inwardly folding legs whereby the table is maintained in rigid supporting relation to the other parts.

' 2. In a knock-down stove, in combination, a-top plate, a grate secured to said plate, a pair of brackets bolted to the underside of said plate at each end thereof, a. pairof flat legs braced together and pivoted to each pair of brackets was to fold close down upon the under side of the plate, said legs being provided with perforations at their lower ends, and a pan carrying a burner 'rovided with upturned side flanges, there eing perforations through. said flanges adapted to register with the perforations in said legs, whereby said-legs may be removably and rigidly secured together, said legs being provided with broad outwardly extending feet.

3. In a knock-down stove, in combination, a top'plate, infoldin' legs hinged to the under side of said p ate, a'pan carrying burners, said :pan being secured to said legs beneath said plate, a stove-supporting stand arallel units lttle' thickness, whereby =t ey may all bepacked together in a package of com-.

paratively little thickness.

. said legs of said plate and flanges with 4. In a knock-down stove, in combination, a top plate provided with grates fixed thereto, in olding legs, -hinged to the under side adapted to fold close thereto, a pan adapted to be removably secured to said. legs, burners secured to said pan, and a fuel tank and supply adapted to be connected to said burners, the plate and pan adapted to be packed into a flat package, comparable in thickness to the dimensions of the fuel tank.

5. In a knock-down stove, in combination, a top plate provided with grates fixed thereon, infolding legs, hinged to the under side of grid plate, a burner carrying pan adapted to. he secured to the lower ends of said legs when the latter are down turned, a fuel supply forsaid burners, said legs provided with feet, a table or bench provided with downfolding legs, feet on the upper ends of said legs to register with the feet of the plate legs, means for securing said feet together, said plate, pan and table constituting three elements of similar length and breadth, and adapted to be united into a package comparable with the thickness 'of the fuel supply means.

v 6. In a knock-down fluid fuel stove, in combination, a top plate, inwardly folding pairs of legs hinged to the underside of said top "plate, there being bolt .holes through at their lower ends, a pan carry ing burners and provided with upturned holes registering with the holes in the le s, whereby the parts may be detachably olted together, and cross irons secured to said plate, said irons being bent at points to form feet acting to help support the pan.

Copies of this potent may be obtained for 7. In a folding or knock-down fluid fuel stove, inwardly folding leg supports hinged to thr underside of said plate and within the flange, said leg supports being provided with holes, a plate adapted to carry burners, and means passin through said. holes adapted to engage sai leg supports to connect rigidly said plate and leg supports.

8. In a folding or knock-down fluid fuel stove, in combination, a top-plate, a stiffening flange therefor, a grate on said topplate, inwardly folding leg supports hinged to the underside of said to -plate and adapted to fold within the'sti ening flange, said leg supports having holes therein, a plate adapted to support a burner in proper relation to said g-rate, and means adapted to engage said leg supports at said holes to connect rigidly said plate and said leg supports.

9. In a folding or knock-down fluid fuel stove, in combination, a top-plate, a. grate in said top-plate, inwardly foldin leg supports hinged to the underside o said-topplate, and adapted to fold inwardlv one upon the other against the underside (if said top-plate, said leg supports having holes therein, ashelf adapted to support a burner in proper relation to said burner, and means adapted to pass through said holes to en: gage said leg supports and to hold said leg supports and shelf in rigid detachable connection.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

GUY W. FERD ON.

five cents each,'by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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